On 25 Apr 2007 05:24:30 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: >Is it sufficient explanation that storage used to be expensive? > >But why does the deficiency persist into the 21st century?
Change is expensive. That said, a big reason that OS-X has fewer vulnerabilities than Windows is because Apple was willing to start over, replacing its core operating system with a new one. The big advantage of running 30 year old applications on our Z/OS machine can be a disadvantage when companies decide that the only way they are ever going to get their garage cleaned out is to move. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

